Yasser Seirawan | |
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Country | United States |
Born | Damascus, Syria | March 24, 1960
Title | Grandmaster (1980) |
FIDE rating | 2620 (November 2024) |
Peak rating | 2658 (November 2011) |
Peak ranking | No. 10 (July 1990) |
Yasser Seirawan (Arabic: ياسر سيروان; born March 24, 1960) is a Syrian-born American chess grandmaster and four-time United States champion. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1979. Seirawan is also a published chess author and commentator.